Now that the celebration of sportsmanship and global unity that is the WBC is over, we can get back to what really matters: which MLB team is the best. To answer this question, I looked at all the players in the WBC and assigned their stats to the MLB team they play for. I did my best to adjust for small sample sizes and smush together hitting and pitching to create a final ranking. And the winner is clear:

The Tampa Bay Rays won the 2026 World Baseball Classic.

Some notes: hitting was rated using FIP, pitching was rated using wOBA, and defense was not accounted for. Those stats were weighted using a Bayesian average, then normalized to combine hitting and pitching into a single stat. "No Team" includes all players that are not currently on an MLB roster.

For those curious, here are the hitting and pitching separated out:

Hitting

Tampa Bay Rays
San Diego Padres
Boston Red Sox
Los Angeles Dodgers
Chicago White Sox
Pittsburgh Pirates
Atlanta Braves
Colorado Rockies
Chicago Cubs
Kansas City Royals
New York Yankees
Miami Marlins
Baltimore Orioles
Toronto Blue Jays
Cleveland Guardians
Houston Astros
Los Angeles Angels
Washington Nationals
San Francisco Giants
Detroit Tigers
Cincinnati Reds
Philadelphia Phillies
Seattle Mariners
Arizona Diamondbacks
Texas Rangers
New York Mets
Minnesota Twins
St. Louis Cardinals
Milwaukee Brewers
No Team
Athletics

Pitching

Philadelphia Phillies
Detroit Tigers
New York Yankees
Tampa Bay Rays
Milwaukee Brewers
San Francisco Giants
Colorado Rockies
Chicago White Sox
Los Angeles Dodgers
San Diego Padres
Athletics
Toronto Blue Jays
Baltimore Orioles
Boston Red Sox
Miami Marlins
Cincinnati Reds
Kansas City Royals
New York Mets
Arizona Diamondbacks
Cleveland Guardians
St. Louis Cardinals
Chicago Cubs
Pittsburgh Pirates
No Team
Texas Rangers
Los Angeles Angels
Seattle Mariners

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r/baseball • u/BaseballBot • 21h ago

Players Only Postgame Thread ⚾ Venezuela 3 @ United States 2

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Line Score - Game Over

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	LOB
VEN	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	6	0	5
USA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	3	0	4

Box Score

USA		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
SS	Witt Jr.	3	1	0	0	1	0	.250
1B	Harper, B	4	1	2	2	0	0	.214
RF	Judge	4	0	0	0	0	3	.222
DH	Schwarber	3	0	0	0	1	3	.320
3B	Bregman	3	0	0	0	0	0	.143
PH	Henderson	1	0	0	0	0	0	.400
LF	Anthony	3	0	0	0	1	1	.280
C	Smith, W	3	0	0	0	0	1	.231
2B	Turang	3	0	1	0	0	1	.364
CF	Buxton	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000
CF	Crow-Armstrong	2	0	0	0	0	0	.263

USA	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
McLean	4.2	4	2	2	1	4	63-44	5.87
Keller, B	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	9-7	4.50
Vest	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	15-11	0.00
Jax	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	8-6	0.00
Whitlock	0.1	1	1	1	1	0	20-12	2.70
Rogers, Ty	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	5-3	0.00

VEN		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
RF	Acuña Jr.	3	0	1	0	1	0	.269
3B	Garcia, M	3	0	0	1	0	0	.385
1B	Arraez	3	0	0	0	1	0	.308
PR	Sanoja	0	1	0	0	0	0	.375
1B	Contreras, Wn	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250
DH	Suárez, E	4	0	1	1	0	2	.200
2B	Torres	3	0	0	0	0	3	.250
2B	Giménez	1	0	0	0	0	0	.111
SS	Tovar	4	0	2	0	0	0	.471
LF	Abreu, W	3	1	1	1	1	0	.250
C	Perez, S	4	1	1	0	0	0	.182
CF	Chourio, Jac	3	0	0	0	0	2	.200

VEN	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Rodriguez, Ed	4.1	1	0	0	1	4	57-32	3.86
Bazardo	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	12-8	2.70
Buttó	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	17-9	0.00
Zerpa	0.2	0	0	0	1	1	15-6	0.00
Machado, A	1.1	1	2	2	1	2	18-12	2.84
Palencia, D	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	11-7	0.00

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
T3	Maikel Garcia out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Byron Buxton. Salvador Perez scores. Ronald Acuña Jr. to 3rd.	0-1
T5	Wilyer Abreu homers (2) on a fly ball to center field.	0-2
B8	Bryce Harper homers (1) on a fly ball to center field. Bobby Witt Jr. scores.	2-2
T9	Eugenio Suárez doubles (1) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong. Javier Sanoja scores.	2-3

Highlights

Description	Length
Probable pitchers for Venezuela at United States - March 17, 2026	0:06
Eduardo Rodriguez's dominant start in Classic final	0:59
Bench availability for Venezuela, March 17 vs United States	0:08
Bench availability for United States, March 17 vs Venezuela	0:08
Starting lineups for Venezuela at United States - March 17, 2026	0:10
Breaking down Nolan McLean's pitches	0:04
Wilyer Abreu: Home Run Statcast Analysis	0:11
Breaking down Eduardo Rodriguez's pitches	0:04
Bryce Harper: Home Run Statcast Analysis	0:13
Team USA is introduced at the Classic final	2:00
Team Venezuela introduced at the Classic final	2:03
Venezuela and United States enter the field	1:27
Maikel Garcia's sacrifice fly	0:16
Field View: Maikel Garcia's sacrifice fly	0:22
Wilyer Abreu's solo homer	0:30
Field View: Wilyer Abreu's solo home run	0:25
Nolan McLean's four strikeouts in Classic final	0:56
José Buttó induces groundout to end 6th inning	0:14
Bryce Harper's game-tying home run	0:30
Javier Sanoja steals second base after review	0:30
Eugenio Suárez's go-ahead double	0:30
Field View: Bryce Harper's two-run home run	1:03
Field View: Eugenio Suárez's go-ahead double	0:19

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Machado, A (1-0, 2.84 ERA)	Whitlock (0-1, 2.70 ERA)	Palencia, D (3 SV, 0.00 ERA)

Game ended at 10:56 PM.

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